icyneesan:Iced coffee is serious f*cking business. I still prefer the Ice Caps from Tim hortons though... And the donuts... and the sandwiches... and the hot/cold items... Okay I like Tim Hortons a lot more then Starbucks, but Tim Hortons doesn't have a 1L cup

Ewwwwww Tim Hortons coffee bean-based drinks :PI'll admit, their muffins are awesome thouth. And the soup. And the sandwiches. But donuts are donuts, no matter what way you cut it.

How much of Starbuck's net revenue goes to banana republics?How much federal state aid goes to banana republics?How much charity from the U.S. goes to banana republics?

Greed? Moar like generosity, amirite?

Because obviously it's better for Americans to pay maybe 1/200 of the cost of a cup of coffee to people in Banana republics, versus just skipping the gargantuan coffee serving and just giving the full 200/200 cost of coffee to them instead /sarcasm

I can easily down a 4L bottle of Orange Juice and I can down a 3L bottle of milk easily too so almost a litre of coffee seems doable. It also seems like Starbucks is making the most of caffine addiction with the new size.

Next step in the enlargement craze after the Trenta: the "StarBucket" a regular sized bucket containing 2.5 gallons/10 litres of any beverage you want, comes with a straw, a napkin and a portable toilet.

With all due respect, I'm not buying any of their drinks til I can get a large without needing a english to Starbucks dictionary.

I'm pretty sure if I started a chain up and called the sizes 'twondy' 'klumpf' and 'voog' I'd get as much ridicule as they deserve, although I think in Britain, it's gone the same way as McDonalds in that 'have a nice day' doesn't happen, you can ask for a large chips and they'll get the damn 'fries' for you, etc. Go into a UK Starbucks and ask for a large black coffee and I doubt they'll try to re-educate you.

More Fun To Compute:What a pointless infographic. How many pints of beer do people drink before they need to visit the little boys or girls room? Normally significantly more in volume than this "impossible to drink" cup of coffee. Although I would be bouncing off the walls if I drank all that at once.

I heard that for beer or cider or whatever, the usual rule is "one pint, one toilet trip". Which makes sense, really. That's on average, of course, and I tend to go once per pint-and-a-half to two pints, but still...

Anyway, I agree with this quote, in general. It is pointless. However, what I find pointless isn't the info, but rather, the fact that Starbucks feels it necessary to release such a large size. And then limit the amount of stuff that can be served in said size. Plus, how much is it going to cost, and how many people are really going to bother buying this when there are other, more sane, sizes available?

Then again, I've never really cared for Starbucks' size system anyway. Call me a pretentious hipster if you want (though as I do like some mainstream stuff too, I prefer the term 'indie'), but I've always thought that Starbucks calling their sizes in the Italian style is just pointless and rather elitist of them. Much more pretentious than any 'hipster'. I mean, 'verdi'? Come on, what does that mean in English? I bet most people don't know unless it's pointed out. Which is why I prefer smaller indie-owned coffee shops anyway, and when I'm in any big chain place I always just say "can I get a large latte, please" and let the barista figure out what I mean...

icyneesan:Iced coffee is serious f*cking business. I still prefer the Ice Caps from Tim hortons though... And the donuts... and the sandwiches... and the hot/cold items... Okay I like Tim Hortons a lot more then Starbucks, but Tim Hortons doesn't have a 1L cup

Ewwwwww Tim Hortons coffee bean-based drinks :PI'll admit, their muffins are awesome thouth. And the soup. And the sandwiches. But donuts are donuts, no matter what way you cut it.

Tim Hortons coffee actually tastes like coffee to me, and its not overpriced as Starbucks. Also, F&@K YEAH DONUTS!

daaaang! i don't even drink the smallest cup at tim hortons which i believe is eight oz. so that is about 236 ml.JESUS A LITRE OF COFFEE! i drink almost that amount of water a day. my stomach does not need to expand.

I heard that for beer or cider or whatever, the usual rule is "one pint, one toilet trip".

Yeah but you tend to get about three in before you need to go, provided you drink fast. ultimately it ends to something like that, the liquid's gotta go somewhere

Oh yeah, definitely, wouldn't make sense otherwise. But after those first few pints, when you start to go to the toilet, then you roughly need to go again after every pint or so. As you say, it has to go somewhere :P.

All joking aside, I think the idea here isn't for someone to down a beverage like that straight in one sitting. If your on a long trip, or going to be chained to a desk for a long period of time without being able to go anywhere except maybe to the bathroom, then a rather huge beverage is nice to have. It's sort of like making a pot of coffee for yourself and keeping on (or near) your desk, of filling up a Thermos.